Win7Codecs 2.6.9 Final + x64 Components addon 2.7.3 Final

Remove most other popular codec releases from your computer before installing this concise yet comprehensive package. You won't need to make any adjustments or tweaks to enjoy your media content immediately. Windows Media Player and Media Center will instantly recognize all your files as playable. MKV playback is fully supported. It does not contain a media player and it does not associate filetypes. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players' capabilities, to play all movies and video clips. Streaming video is supported in several formats in all popular web browsers. Users of Win7 codecs have the ability to choose what is installed and where to install it using the public redistributable. After installation you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package. You can also re-add the removed items at any time.

To UNINSTALL software from Shark007 you MUST use the UNINSTALL button on the Help TAB.

Anytime you make an adjustment in the settings application using Administrative privileges it is REQUIRED that you re-open the application as a user afterwards to have the settings transfered to the user account. Whenever you open a player, it is almost always done as a user!

Concerning S/PDIF, digital, optical and HDMI: The administrator and a regular user are different users and each must setup the Audio TAB for FFDshow pass-through. At no time should anyone have a need to click the leftside of the Audio TAB manually; it uses system detection.

The codec packs contains a Settings Application to use in conjunction with your windows media center setup which will enable each user to choose different splitters and decoders for specific filetypes. The application will also allow you to choose from 10 different speaker configurations from 'same as input' and all the way up to full 7.1 channel output.

The Settings Application is 100% UAC compliant.Restricted access is enforced. (User Account Control)The Application allows each user to maintain individual Windows 7 codec settings while at the same time seamlessly integrating any administrative commands directly into the users account. New users accounts are detected upon opening the Application and automatically inherit the Administrators settings.

UNINSTALL YOUR OLD VERSION - upgrades are DISABLEDWhen choosing to uninstall this software you MUST use the button on the Help TAB.

MKV playback is fully supported in x64 Media Center on all versions of Windows. To setup FLAC audio playback in Windows Media Center you must initially select the x64 WMP as the default player. For Windows 7 Media Center users, this can be set back to the 32bit afterwards.IMPORTANT INFORMATION:This release is designed to compliment the 32bit codec packages.The installation requires the 32bit codec release to be installed as a prerequisite.Anytime you make an adjustment in the settings application using Administrative privileges it is REQUIRED that you re-open the application as a user afterwards to have the settings transfered to the user account. Whenever you open a player, it is almost always done as a user!

Concerning S/PDIF, digital, optical and HDMI: The administrator and a regular user are different users and each must setup the Audio TAB for FFDshow pass-through. At no time should anyone have a need to click the leftside of the Audio TAB manually; it uses system detection.

The codec packs contains a Settings Application to use in conjunction with your windows media center setup which will enable each user to choose different splitters and decoders for specific filetypes. The application will also allow you to choose from 10 different speaker configurations from 'same as input' and all the way up to full 7.1 channel output.

If you decide to choose the x64 version of Windows Media Player as your default player,Windows Explorer will automatically differentiate between the 2 media players as depicted below.

The Settings Application is 100% UAC compliant.Restricted access is enforced. (User Account Control)The Application allows each user to maintain individual codec settings while at the same time seamlessly integrating any administrative commands directly into the users account. New users accounts are detected upon opening the Application and automatically inherit the Administrators settings.Adding files to the Windows Media Player PlaylistOn the Help TAB of the 32bit Settings Application is a button to allow you to choose Windows Media Player Filetype Associations. This buttons functionality is GLOBAL and is not restricted to the 32bit environment. Once you have used this button, you can Enqueue newly associated filetypes to the Windows Media Player Playlist as depicted below. It also sets up Media Center to utilize the associations for seamless playback in that player also. If for some reason this doesn't work for you, go back to the associations button, click No twice, consecutively, then select Yes. No reboot is required.

This will also work for audio files such as FLAC, APE or musepack.

Some Useful Information2 versions of Windows Media Player exist on x64 systems.There is a 32bit version stored in \Program Files (x86)\and a 64bit version stored in \Program Files\

The Settings Application will allow you to choose the system's default player.

You can expect ongoing x64 support as the rest of the world catches up to 64bit computing.

UNINSTALL YOUR OLD VERSION When choosing to uninstall this product, ensure you uninstall it BEFORE removing the 32bit release.

distribution file information: MajorGeeks receives the distribution file directly from me. It is currently 11.9MB and has an MD5 of 41ccf872e030be33fdbf3634943bf848